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Betty Comden

Born: 1917-05-03 • Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Betty Comden (May 3, 1917 – November 23, 2006) was one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green, who provided lyrics, libretti, and screenplays to some of the most beloved and successful Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century. Her writing partnership with Adolph Green lasted for six decades, during which time they collaborated with other leading entertainment figures such as the famed "Freed Unit" at MGM, Jule Styne and Leonard Bernstein.

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Filmography
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It's Always Fair Weather: Going Out on a High Note
2006 • Self (Archive Footage)
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon' poster
Get Aboard! 'The Band Wagon'
2005 • Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies poster
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004 • Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 • Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer poster
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002 • Self
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' poster
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
2002 • Self
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story poster
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
1996 • Self
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! poster
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
On the Town poster
On the Town
1993 • Host/Narrator
Gershwin poster
Gershwin
1993 • Self
Slaves of New York poster
Slaves of New York
1989 • Mrs. Wheeler
Follies: In Concert poster
Follies: In Concert
1986 • Emily Whitman
Garbo Talks poster
Garbo Talks
1984 • Garbo (uncredited)
The Fabulous Fifties poster
The Fabulous Fifties
1960 • Self
It's Always Fair Weather poster
It's Always Fair Weather
1955 • Woman on Phone (voice) (uncredited)